Dundee is transforming its waterfront, to draw visitors in. Adrian looks at what there is for the short break tripper
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If you’ve been abroad this Easter, you will have had to get some local currency. The signs at the Bureaux de Changes (we don’t seem to have a suitable English phrase) will have said things like “best rates”, “won’t be beaten” and maybe, “commission free.” Whatever they say, at lot of us moan at much [...]
Boutique hotel experts Mr & Mrs Smith have sifted through the schmaltz to find Valentine’s packages that will really set hearts aflutter (and won’t involve soggy petals clogging the plughole). Here are 10 hot properties that offer something a little bit different…
Dundee is transforming its waterfront, to draw visitors in. Adrian looks at what there is for the short break tripper
No, this has nothing to do with the Eden Project in Cornwall. This has nothing (that I can see) to do with the UK since we don’t seem to be involved. (this could change next year.) This is an EU award scheme that spreads wider than the EU as Turkey and Iceland are involved as well. These awards go to 21 different locations for excellence in tourism, all of them smaller places that might not otherwise attract attention.
The two expanding areas for travel are luxury and budget. This was one of the interesting features to come from the WTM Vision Conference held in London this week. This is where the travel industry contemplates the future and the author of this remark was Caroline Bremner of Euromonitor, a research group that has been forecasting worldwide travel for 30 years or more.
I awoke this morning to the roaring of bomber planes attacking my house…. By the time my brain was functioning, I realized that in fact World War III had not commenced: The Thundersprint has started!
The Thundersprint is one of the biggest Motorcycle events in Europe : Which basically means an enormous motorcycle party, the hub of which is contained in the large Marks & Spencer car park in the centre of Northwich, but the whole town is blocked off to vehicles for the event (in addition to a shaking house as I live on the main street into Northwich from the M6!). Even Lidl has Motorcycle equipment on offer for the event, and many local businesses remain open!
Who said travel had to cost the earth? Here are 25 fabulous travel attractions. And the best bit? They’re absolutely free!
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